Queen Victoria, the image of purity and moral strength, and set the social standards for the

age. But,
also true to the time, everyone could not be as the Queen was. Nineteenth century (Victorian) society
was a time of social and moral extremes. According to the literature of the time there was hypocrisy,
projecting a clean face and hiding a dirty behind, so to speak. Miss Julie represents this duality of human
nature. On the surface, she appears to be a fine Victorian and expects to be considered as such. But she
has dark side in her character which as a result of her s upbringing by a sadomasochistic, man-hating
mother and absent father. In the play, the dominant gender theme appears to be that women are evil,
weak, and dependent. Consequently, this contributes to the sadomasochistic psychosis of Miss Julie,
which according to the author, are brought on by repressed sexual desires. Miss Julie appears to be in a
constant battle with herself to bring together her fierce nature with the demands of the social traditions
of the times. Naturally, she wants to be successful as a proper Victorian woman, but she also needs
some real help and guidance. She, sadly, has nowhere to turn and no constructive way to direct her
energies because she lacked that example in her mother, who herself, was out of control.

U can say that what Miss Julie experienced in the play was not only a result of her upbringing, but was
the result of the systematic oppression of the female gender. Throughout human history, women have
been subjected to everything from social subtlety to holy religious conquest and murder by the male
which still happens today. Rapes, honor killing, hierarchy to bring about the total subjugation of women
for the sake of male domination and control. The fact that the primary tool of oppression was the
violence conducted by men towards women and towards caused women not to only be physically and
socially oppressed, but most importantly, spiritually and mentally depressed.

In the play, Miss Julie, displays a deep mental and spiritual disturbance in her character and we say that
she inherited it from her mother. In such a society as the Victorian one, female oppression,
objectification and social subjugation may have made female hatred of men a typical occurrence
Throughout history, oppressed peoples who are pushed to become controllable are first suppressed.
This takes away their individual uniqueness and importance in the world and in society. These oppressed
peoples are eventually forced to abandon themselves and their own individuality for the sake of survival
and the continued ability toward self-expression. Women are no different. To me, Miss Julie is a product
of her upbringing. Technically, she is not at fault for her condition—this is all she knows. But, she lives in
a society where men patronize and weaken women. So, she doesn’t receive the approval of men and
she doesn’t receive the approval of other women who are according to male-dictated, Victorian
standards She is all alone wanting an acceptance in a society. This only adds to her psychosis and
deepens her sense of despair in the end. Ultimately, she is forced to rely on the instruction of the one
who hate and mistreats her because she is female, upper-class, and privileged. The fact that she is
mentally unstable only adds to it and she dies at her own hand.

Kristine, the cook, was portrayed as the dedicted Christian in the play. But, she too is unfair with Miss
Julie. Kristine is just as much a product of the masochistic mindset of the Victorian-age woman as Miss
Julie is. Instead of standing up to her fiancée, Jean, for being unfaithful to her with Miss Julie, she
tolerates his behavior. However, due to social position she cant say much because of her class and
gender. She is inferior to Jean, because he is a male and to Miss Julie because she is a household servant
. Noor Muqaddam the servants were there and also witnessed the murder scene but couldn’t do
anything to help bcz the murderer was rich and a man.

the effect of the male-dominated church choose such methods in order to control women. Kristine
basically informs Miss Julie there is no means of redemption for herself by indicating that her family’s
wealth, combined with her sin, is her burden and shows how pious she is as compared to her. Truly, no
one is perfect, but Miss Julie gets a horrible backlash instead of Jean. Kristine had the opportunity to
lead miss Julie to redemption, but she doesn’t. And since wages of sin most certainly result in death.
Miss Julie was forced to seek redemption from her own death.

For a woman to set out on her own, to express her deepest desires and be candid with her thoughts was
considered socially blasphemous. Such women didn’t get the respect of the so-called moral and decent
lot of society. Although Strindberg, himself, was rumored to be a misogynist, he wrote from a
perspective that exposed hypocrisy within society. Women were totally oppressed with no way of
achieving a sense of self and individual self-expression. To me, this causes a psychosis, women become
the evil and dependent. Women are punished for being what they are forced to become. That is
absolutely abominable! .

“Well, you see, we can’t have it (faith) without God’s special grace, and that isn’t given to
everyone/That’s the secret of the workings of grace, Miss Julie, and God is no respecter of persons, for
the last shall be the first/and it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich
man to enter the Kingdom of God. That is how it is, Miss Julie! (Jacobus 737)” The repression of women
gave men the power to control the female gender by creating general outlines of what their
interpretation of the role of femininity was. In doing so, the female was systematically deprived of her
individuality and forced into what was socially acceptable for herself and her gender. Psychologically,
this creates a situation where men, to some degree, are bound to certain gender roles in order to be
considered socially acceptable, as well. It is a natural occurrence for one to be successful according to
the beliefs of the society they inhabit. However, for women, this resulted in subordination, subjugation,
and objectification and consequently, wreaked terrible havoc on her psyche. In Victorian society, such
mental and spiritual malaise within the female gender was clear.